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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who joined the Donner party as they cleared the trail through the Wasatch?
(a) Hastings
(b) Luis and Salvador
(c) Franklin Graves and his extended family
(d) Charles Stanton

2. Who led the first rescue party that reached the survivors?
(a) Charles Stanton
(b) James Reed
(c) Aquillal Glover
(d) Nobody reached them

3. What happened when Mrs. Reed first saw her husband?
(a) She started to run to meet him, but kept falling.
(b) She dropped to her knees in the snow.
(c) She jumped into his arms.
(d) She fainted.

4. What was the Donner Party running low on?
(a) Ammunition
(b) Food
(c) Strength
(d) Water

5. What happened when Hardcoop could no longer walk?
(a) They let him lie in the wagons.
(b) They left him behind to die.
(c) They carried him on their backs.
(d) They made crutches for him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is caching, according to the emigrants?

2. Why did Bridger promote the shortcut?

3. What happened to William Eddie's oxen?

4. What was the Hastings Cutoff trail like?

5. Where was James Reed from originally?

(see the answer key)

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